Evangelical singer Ray Boltz reveals he’s gay

Pretty shocking for evangelical Christians to hear this week of Ray Boltz, a well-known and beloved singer, disclosing that he is gay.

He’s not the first. Remember Ted Haggard, formerly of the National Association of Evangelicals. Haggard didn’t say he was gay but admitted to an extramarital relationship with another man. And going back a little while, there was Lonnie Frisbee of the Jesus Movement in the 1960s. Frisbee died of AIDS and was alienated by evangelical leaders upon disclosing his homosexuality.

Still, most evangelical groups and ministries do not approve of homosexuality and have set up ministries for gay people. Consider the more well-known exodus-international.org. Catholics have also established similar ministries to help men and woman refrain from homosexuality and its lifestyle.

Still, Boltz’s disclosure cuts deep. His songs, such as “Thank You,” have been admired for years by evangelicals.

I expect more revelations like Boltz in the next few years, which will only intensify the debate.

If you’re an evangelical, what do you think of Boltz now? And has this issue changed within the evangelical community in recent years?

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Hey Drag, Putting a bunch of straight procreators on a nisland so they cna reproduce until there are not enough resources left to support them is hardly natural. Then again the whole idea of putting all the gay people or black people or Latino people etc. on an island is a pretty backward idea all its own.

How ignorant of so-called “Christians” to always continually be judging their fellow Christians – or anyone for that matter. Who did Jesus judge? I left the church years ago because I could not stomach the blatant, continual, in-your-face HYPOCRISY. And guess what? The man’s gay and God STILL loves him! God does NOT make mistakes – EVER. EVERYONE is a sinner. Your sin is no better or worse than my sin – STOP JUDGING OTHERS and look after yourself.

gay is not natural, if you put all gays on an island, and see if they can procreate. That kind will die away, it’s not natural. But Revelations spoke about how ugly and nasty the world will get and its happening now, what is bad is good and what is good bad.

boltz lived a lie and cover it with the cross and Jesus, why? the money, thats why. You can make alot of money being christian pastor, evangelist and now music.

All lies of the devil and his domain, however its always christians, so why become chritians if they are all lying? and not all christians.

I love Ray Boltz music. I have all of his CD’s. I am a Christian and I do not believe that homosexuality is God’s will for anyones life, but judgmental comments are not either. People who claim to be Chrisitans should spend more time praying for Ray and other like him versus casting stones and standing in judgement of a specific group of people; not only the homosexual community, but the Christian community as well. God is the only one who has the right to judge. I personally due not believe that viewpoints on homosexuality have changed with true evangelical Christians, but on the other side a true evangelical Christian would not stand in judgement of another human being. I love his music and I will continue to listen to it and I will fervently pray for him.

just because he sings gospel music does not make him a christian, and people who go to church, that does not make them a christian.in the end we will all be judged and we shall see who is and who is not.

There is no sin and there is nothing sad here. He was born gay and that is all there is to it. It is better for him to live the truth than a lie. The fact that Leviticus chimed in on the subject says more about Leviticus than gay people. Everyone needs to understand that being gay is natural.

Good comments from all. I do think that local churches will be dealing with this in more visible ways because of folks like Boltz and the fact that more and more evangelical pastors are reporting their congregations are made up of gay people. They are not in leadership positions at the church but their presence is intensifying the debate on the local level, I think, more than before.

Well, it’s too bad Boltz was deceptive in his portrayal of himself. This is actually a positive step in that he’s now being forthright about his sexuality. Evangelicalism is such a broad tent anymore, who knows what ramifications it will have if any. For the moralists it’s shock and indignation, for the political activists it’s the fault of a permissive relativistic culture fostered by an indulgent government. For me I could care less. Jesus Christ is my cult of personality not Boltz or any other evangelical celebrity. The fact that evangelicals have celebrities is a greater indictment of the movement than the fact that one of them is gay.

I am a believer, but I no longer attend any “church”. I think that evangelicals can be the most dishonest people on this earth when it comes to “themselves”, putting up masks of piety, when in honesty, ALL OF US deal with sin. I think we would make a better impact on an unbelieving world if we were just honest about ourselves and say, “Hey, I’m messed up, but you know what, Jesus loves me anyway”. I have to admire Roy Boltz for having the guts to admit who he is, instead of putting up a mask just to be accepted. Anyone care to cast the first stone?

How very sad that he was given a gift by God to share the gospel with the world and he’s being deceived by the enemy. Goes to show you how easily it is for one to believe a lie for the truth. God help him see it for what it is – a deception.

So very sad!! Abe, you forgot to mention the president of TBN, Paul Crouch, was caught in a homosexual affair several years ago. He denied it, but then paid has accusor off with an undisclosed amount of money.

TBN aka The “Begging” Network, is known also for being very conservative and speaks against homosexuality. Paul Crouch and his wife Jan own over 30 homes/mansions across the United States. They also have a fleet of aircraft, vacations homes, bling, body guards, fancy luxury cars, and Jan just built a $6 million seaside mansion so her DOGS could have more room!!